Decepticon | Article about Decepticon by The Free Dictionary Decepticon | Article about Decepticon by The Free Dictionary Decepticons (pop culture) The Transformers-Decepticons toy line and resulting media franchise represents one of the first successful examples of Japanese superheroes and supervillains adopted for an American audience. Transformers are intelligent robots (or large humanoids) with the capability to transform themselves, usually into inanimate objects (such as a fighter jet, car, or tank) or animals. The premise of the franchise relies on the age-old struggle between good and evil, with two main factions warring for control of their home planet, Cybertron. The heroic Autobots (called Cybertrons in the Japanese version) are led by Optimus Prime, and their opponents, the militaristic and brutal Decepticons (Destrons in the Japanese version), are led by Megatron. Megatron was responsible for beginning the Cybertronian Civil War, in which he exterminated Autobots by the millions and earned his claim to fame as the galaxy's most ruthless leader.

Other potential world dominators have tried to usurp Megatron's power, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing, Shockwave, and Galvatron, a Decepticon created from Megatron himself. Hasbro began the toy line in 1984, which combined the Japanese toy company Takara's successful Diaclone and Micro Change toylines into a new brand for U.S. consumers. The basic backstory of the toy line and subsequent comic books and cartoons were developed by Marvel Comics writers Jim Shooter and Dennis O'Neil. Marvel published several series during the 1980s, even producing a four-issue miniseries, G.I. Joe and the Transformers in 1986, followed by later releases from the company in the 1990s. The animated TV series Transformers (1984–1987), created to support the toy franchise, focused on battle after battle as the domineering Decepticons attempted to destroy peace within the galaxy.

Subsequent spin-offs, such as Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001), and Transformers: Cybertron (2005) continued into the 1990s and 2000s. Capitalizing on these shows' high-action content and popularity, the now-defunct Dreamwave Studios published several Transformers comics between 2002 and 2004. A live-action Transformers movie boasts Dream- Works producer Steven Spielberg at the helm. With no less than four writers involved in the project at various points, fans eagerly await leaks regarding the film's development. In mid-2005 writer Alex Kurtzman acknowledged the challenge of developing a the storyline: “It's a movie franchise based on a toy line, so the first question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Well, what's the movie?'” In anticipation of the success of the film, IDW Publishing began publishing its line of Transformers comics in October 2005, led by the creative team of comics scribe Simon Furman and artist E. J. Su.

Decepticon | Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia This article is about the Transformers faction. For the Robots in Disguise episode, see The Decepticons . The Decepticon insignia Decepticon (di-sep-ti-con ) A member of a subversive sect or society. From the noun — 'decepticon'; one who deceives. - from the New Cybertronic Dictograph [1] The Decepticons are one of the primary factions in the Transformers mythos. They are typically concerned with such things as universal conquest, rebuilding Cybertron under their rule, defeating the Autobots , amassing infinite quantities of energon , developing powerful weaponry, and beating people up. Not necessarily in that order. Unlike the Autobots, whose leader is a Prime bearing a Matrix , the Decepticons are led by the most powerful of their ranks. This tends to cause some conflict, given how everyone thinks that they're the most powerful. Also, the Decepticons are not exactly the most compassionate beings in the universe, but not all fight for greed. More than a few have a sense of honor, while others believe that Cybertron would be better protected by aggressive expansion .

Ultimately, the Decepticons desire to protect their homeworld, even if it is at the expense of others. Usually . “ Generation One This article may require cleanup to meet the quality standards of Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or append this tag with a more specific message. This article has been tagged since July 2007. {{{2}}} Marvel Comics All right. We all know our names, abilities, and attitudes, so we're good to go. The Decepticons emerged from the gladiatorial State Games , which caused Megatron 's rise to public prominence - in the aftermath of the destructive Vos-Tarn War, Megatron was able to use his fame and charisma to unite both the survivors and the planet's malcontents into a new army. His plan was to turn Cybertron into a mobile cosmic dreadnought and conquer the galaxy. The Decepticons developed new technology to allow them to transform into attack vehicles and weaponry, launching a devastating attack that killed billions and shook the planet from its orbit before Optimus Prime turned the tide.

Megatron, Shockwave and others were lost on Earth for four million years; as was Optimus Prime, the Autobots swiftly lost ground to Decepticon leaders Trannis and Straxus . Cybertron was devastated and conquered, causing the best of the Decepticons to leave the burnt-out planet to form a Cybertronian Empire out in the stars, while Straxus threw all those he considered weak into the Smelting pool . The Empire would go on to slaughter and Cyberform planet after planet, their actions unknown on Cybertron. Eventually the Earth-bound Decepticons would awaken in 1984, sparking off a new front in the war. After the presumed suicide of Megatron, an escalation in fighting would see Decepticon leadership fragment and change hands rapidly, with frequent clashes, plots and counter-plots between the primary leadership, namely Starscream , Shockwave , Ratbat , and Scorponok , until most of them were killed in the Underbase conflict, leaving Scorponok the only surviving commander. A brief truce with the Autobots was held when Unicron attacked in 1991, but Scorponok was killed in the following conflict.

Immediately after this, Bludgeon came to power. Charismatic and driven, Bludgeon turned the beaten Decepticons into a new army; after a defeat on Klo , they regrouped and reorganized. ( In one reality, they were immediately massacred afterward. ) Earthforce In the side-continuity of Earthforce , while Unicron continued on to Cybertron, Megatron and Shockwave continued a Decepticon civil war on Earth with a small handful of troops - wasting most of their time trying to take each other out. Eventually Soundwave and Starscream overthrew them, uniting both factions into a stronger Decepticon force. The two former leaders attempted to regain their position but never appeared to succeed. Generation 2 Bludgeon invaded Earth with the intention of capturing the Matrix and making a new generation of Decepticons, but Megatron returned, killed Bludgeon in one-on-one combat, and stole this plan. However, the threat of the Cybertronian Empire forced an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons again.

Classics Cartoon Season 1 & 2 In the various continuities descending from Generation One , the Decepticons and the Autobots are the two great powers in the Transformer population. The factions, however, are not a complete set—there are Transformers who are unaffiliated / neutral, or even members of smaller or splinter factions. Many G1 timelines actually credit Megatron as the founder of the Decepticons, not merely its most recent leader. In contrast, Optimus Prime is almost always depicted as only the latest in a long line of Primes or Matrix Bearers . Eventually, in the year 2005, the Decepticons managed to take control of all of Cybertron, forcing the Autobots to operate on Cybertron's two moons, but Autobot City on Earth was viewed as the greater threat. The Decepticons overtook a supply shuttle and launched an attack , with disastrous consequences for the Autobots. The battle saw one of the Decepticons' long held dreams achieved in the death of Optimus Prime, but Megatron was damaged, along with Skywarp, Thundercracker and the Insecticons, and left to rot in deep space.

Unicron reformatted them into Galvatron , Cyclonus , Scourge and the Sweeps and Galvatron attempted to enslave Unicron with the Matrix of Leadership . When Unicron attacked Cybertron, most of the Decepticon forces on the planet were wiped out, allowing the Autobots to retake control of the planet. Season 3 & 4 Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 ” —Once the Decepticons held the quadrant through terror, now we scrap like Slaargs over a few Energon cubes ., Cyclonus Times would turn harsh for the Decepticons who were forced to abandon their homeworld of Cybertron and get exiled to the burnt out planet of Charr . There they would face constant energy shortages and engage in constant inter-fighting as well as suffer from a lack of leadership. From this chaos came Cyclonus and the Sweeps , who hatched a plan of finding Galvatron who would lead the Decepticons once more. Eventually, the Autobots, led by a resurrected Optimus Prime, managed to finally defeat the Decepticons. Dreamwave The Decepticons arose out of the underground fights that Megatron once partook in.

After discovering certain secrets about Cybertron's origin, including massive planetary engines , Megatron began using the games to recruit combatants. For nearly half a million years, they grew in numbers and trained, until they rebelled against the Council of Ancients and took Kaon by force. While the war raged on, the Constructicons repaired the engines and introduced a mecha-forming process, but what they really needed was a power source. Megatron became convinced that he could find one powerful enough within the Matrix , which was in the possession of Sentinel Prime . However, when Megatron finally killed the Prime, he discovered that it was not within him. Soon after, Optronix became Optimus Prime, and Megatron initiated a plan: an assassination team under Communications Officer Soundwave would elimate the Prime and claim the Matrix, while Military Operations Commander Shockwave would lay siege to Iacon, preventing the Autobots from coming to Prime's rescue. However, Megatron made two mistakes: he informed Air Commander Starscream of his intentions, and he underestimated Optimus Prime. The Prime managed to erase some of Megatron's memories of what he discovered, while Starscream activated the mechaforming process using energy from the planetary engines.

The engines were destroyed before the process was complete, ruinning both. The War Within After Megatron disappeared with Optimus Prime in a space bridge test, Shockwave became Decepticon leader, though Starscream and High Auditor Ratbat broke off with their own splinter factions shortly afterwards. The Decepticons allied with Prowl 's Autobots and Grimlock 's Lightning Strike Coalition (an Autobot splinter group), to stop the machinations of the Fallen . The War Within: The Dark Ages Several thousand years later, Shockwave was prepared to sign a peace treaty with Ultra Magnus , who had become Autobot leader, the LSC, and Ratbat's Ultracons . However, Megatron returned with the Aerospace Extermination Squadron , an army of Quintesson created seeker drones, whose abilities allowed the Decepticons to fully conquer Cybertron and enslave the Autobots. The Decepticons' control over Cybertron was ended when Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron and the Air Warriors were defeated. The War Within: The Age of Wrath When Megatron disappeared along with the Nemesis crew, Shockwave again emerged as Decepticon leader, this time as head of a triumvirate including Ratbat and Scorponok .

With energon becoming scarce, Shockwave agreed to work with Ultra Magnus and Fortress Maximus in the creation of the Micromasters , Transformers who were downsized for better fuel efficiency. Shockwave suffered a rebellion when Skystalker overthrew him, using Shockwave's severed head as a tool. Micromasters However, all Transformers on Cybertron entered stasis lock when the Great Shutdown occurred. Around 1,000 B.C.E., Shockwave was reactivated by Scourge, and then defeated the Unicronian Transformer. Studying Scourge and discovering some of the secrets Megatron had learned, Shockwave made peace with the Autobots, installing himself as Head of State with an Autobot High Council as a legislature, while Ultra Magnus became his senior security officer. However, the High Councillors were unsuited for peace time government, and gradually gave Shockwave more and more power...which is exactly what he had planned. On Earth, the Nemesis crew was reawakened in 1984. Cut off from Cybertron, the Decepticons concluded that they had no other choice but to conquer the planet.

Megatron soon learned that others had come looking for them, including Jetfire and the Dynobots . The Decepticons captured Jetfire and the Dinobots except Grimlock, and used the hostage situation to force Grimlock to serve the Decepticons. Additionally, the Constructicons located Earth and served under Megatron. In 1998, the Autobots allied with humanity to defeat the Decepticons. They were to be returned to Cybertron in the Ark II , but Shockwave, through a human intermediary, sabotaged the Ark II, causing the ship to crash and send the Transformers aboard into stasis lock. Renegade members of the United States Military managed to capture the Decepticons and a number of Autobots, intending to use them as instruments of war, but Adam Rook later stole them and set himself up as an arms dealer. Unfortunately, Megatron overwhelmed the programming that kept him a prisoner, and freed the other Decepticons. Megatron then intended to unleash a technovirus on Earth, but the Autobots defeated him. Prime Directive A year later, Shockwave arrived to tie up loose ends, quickly capturing Megatron and the Nemesis crew.

Starscream ejected Megatron out of the ship carrying them to Cybertron, leaving him to die in space. The Nemesis crew were granted amnesty, but Starscream quickly recruited them into going back to Earth to conquer the planet, taking the Combaticons with them. Shockwave was finally overthrown when Optimus Prime united the Autobot resistance groups, but he escaped with a small number of troops. War and Peace Meanwhile, Megatron was rescued by Wreck-Gar , who repaired his memory loss. Using some recovered Air Warriors, Megatron located the Predacons , who were used take control of Shockwave's small army. On Earth, Starscream's failures during Sunstorm 's rampage were reason enough to convince the Nemesis crew to mutiny against Starscream in Megatron's favor. With two combiner teams, an army of seekers, Soundwave's cassettes, and knowledge of Earth's connection to Cybertron, Megatron prepared to lead the Decepticons on the conquests of Earth and Cybertron G1 ongoing ... Note: ...At which point Dreamwave went bankrupt. Damn. IDW The Decepticons appear to have been formed out of the uprising in Kaon that Megatron spearheaded in Megatron: Origin .

They also may have completely abandoned Cybertron, and have bases set up on the worlds they've captured or space stations as seen in Spotlight: Sixshot . Aftermath Both sides signed the Pax Cybertronia , which eventually led to peace, but left the Decepticons in a second class position. Beast Era In Beast Wars continuity, the Predacons were the descendants of the Decepticons and fought with the same aggression and ideas of conquest. They faced the Maximals in the same way their ancestors had fought the Autobots . Robots in Disguise Main article: Decepticon (RID) Try turning your computer upside-down In the Robots in Disguise cartoon , the Decepticons were a brand new faction that came into being during the events of the story. Because there were so few Decepticons (only six or seven), and because they were a subset of the Predacon antagonists, they can almost be viewed as a subgroup rather than a proper faction. The RiD Decepticons were created on Earth when Megatron 's forces captured a set of stasis pods from an ancient Transformer spaceship that had been found on Earth , leading to the birth of the Commandos and Scourge .

The toy version of Galvatron was also labeled as a Decepticon, although this "change" in the character's faction was only mentioned once in the cartoon series. In the Japanese version of RiD, Car Robots , the Decepticons were known as Combatrons. This is the same name by which the G1 Combaticons were called in Japan. For the Hasbro toy line, several other non-show Decepticons were added to the ranks to help fill out the line. It is unknown how most of these actually fit into the story, though one of them, Axer , is actually a dimension-hopper who arrived from the Generation One universe. Unicron Trilogy Cartoon continuity Armada The exact origins of the Decepticon faction are a bit muddled. It is widely assumed, though never directly confirmed, that the movement was founded by Megatron .

Also, the enslavement of the power-enhancing Mini-Cons is considered to be the impetus to the Decepticons' rise to a massive multi-planet-spanning army, though at what point in the war this occurred is unclear; it's possible the Mini-Cons' arrival was what gave Megatron the opportunity to rise to power, or that they arrived after the war had already begun. Either way, the Mini-Cons fueled the war machine for centuries, and the war with the Autobots soon spread from Cybertron to other worlds. The self-imposed exile of the Mini-Cons to an unknown destination was seen as a major setback for the Decepticons (and something of a pyrrhic victory for the Autobots), but despite this, the war continued, as both sides had amassed a large enough power base to continue on without the little buggers. The Autobots and Decepticons seemed to fight to a stalemate, neither able to gain a distinct advantage over the other. When a signal reached Cybertron centuries later that the Mini-Cons had landed on Earth , it seems neither side was capable of sending a full force to retrieve them, despite the power they contained.

Though the Decepticon force sent to Earth was small in numbers, it was far from insignificant; Megatron himself led the squad, backed by some of his most trusted warriors. When Megatron returned to Cybertron, the overwhelming majority of the Mini-Cons were in the protective custody of the Autobots, but Megatron was unfazed; he had assembled the Mini-Cons required to make the three legendary weapons the Star Saber , Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster . Bolstered by this new power and the apparent death of Optimus Prime , Megatron attempted to take Cybertron once and for all. But Megatron's return to Cybertron was the beginning of the end of the Decepticon army. When Unicron revealed himself as a threat to both armies, fueled by the negative psychic energies from centuries of death and destruction, the two sides eventually joined together to beat back the planet-eater. Despite the truce, Megatron and Prime engaged in a brutal duel on the surface of the weakened Unicron after the three legendary weapons had been removed from his core. Realizing their battle was keeping Unicron active, Megatron sacrificed himself, and both Unicron and Megatron disappeared into nothingness.

Energon Now available with added purple! Megatron's final orders to his troops still stood: work with the Autobots. The Decepticons maintained a degree of autonomy, still wearing the faction sigil and often taking military/defensive positions in the growing number of energon -mining colonies, but they were ultimately answerable to Optimus Prime and the Autobots. There were, of course, dissenters, most of whom were captured and imprisoned. For a decade, Autobot and Decepticon worked side-by-side in a somewhat stable truce. Both sides found themselves the target of attacks from Unicron again; hordes of Terrorcon drones , sent by Alpha Quintesson to steal energon ore with which to revive the now-shattered husk of Unicron. What the alien did not count on was that Megatron's spark had survived within the remains, and was siphoning energon from Unicron's body. Soon the Decepticon leader revived himself in a new form, drove off Alpha Quintesson, and along with an elite cadre of soldiers and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of mindless Terrorcon drones, began his new plans for conquest.

When news of Megatron's return reached Cybertron, hundreds of Decepticons rose up and rebelled, eager to get back to conquering. But having been joined to Unicron for so long apparently had given Megatron a taste of godhood; he had no more interest in amassing a galaxy-spanning army of troops. Countless Decepticons died in the resulting battles, with Megatron more than willing to sacrifice them without a thought to attain ultimate power for himself. As the " Powerlinx Battles " -as they came to be called- came to their climax, Megatron found that his actions and thoughts were being influenced and controlled by the dark spark of Unicron. Unwilling to let Unicron stand in his way, Megatron ultimately sacrificed himself (again) and seemingly destroyed Unicron's spark by plunging himself into a newly-formed energon sun created by Primus . Cybertron What little remained of the once-mighty Decepticon army after Megatron's loss was at best a loose association of criminals, thugs, and lunatics, with no real political or military power to speak of. For a decade, Cybertron was once again at peace, with the population overwhelmingly Autobot or neutral.

The Transformers had withdrawn from Earth and its other colonies to focus on revitalizing their homeworld after the devastation of the Powerlinx Battles. However, two great catastrophes shattered this peace; the energon sun collapsed in on itself, forming the powerful black hole known as the Unicron Singularity , which threatened to devour Cybertron and, if left unchecked, the entire universe... and the return yet once again of Megatron, who had absorbed much of what remained of Unicron's power. Megatron's goal of attaining godhood was now at hand. By obtaining the legendary Omega Lock and the four Cyber Planet Keys , Megatron intended to accelerate the growth of the black hole, consuming the universe in a vast sea of nothingness that only he would survive, then use his powers to re-create the universe in his image. To this end, he had no need of an army. He gathered a small group of allies and lackeys to seek the items he needed, but they were nothing more than pawns to him, to be used and discarded at a whim.

The Decepticons briefly regained their status as a mass army of individuals when Starscream , who had long suffered at Megatron's hands since the beginning of the Decepticons, made his own bid for ultimate power with the help of the Planet X agent Sideways . Having sealed Megatron and his troops in a trap, Starscream freed hundreds of criminal Transformers who had been locked up on Earth for millennia, and formed his own globe-spanning army. The Decepticon "Monsters" were tasked with finding the Omega Lock and Earth's Cyber Planet Key, which they eventually brought to their leader. However, numerous Decepticons were killed in the battles with the Autobots, and it soon became apparent that Starscream, like Megatron before him, didn't care. Most of these criminals soon abandoned Starscream and went into hiding. As for Megatron, he too had deserters among his own considerably-small ranks. Most notably, the powerful Scourge , leader of the Jungle Planet and the colossal Menasor from Gigantion , both of whom eventually joined forces with their former enemies the Autobots.

This was not seen as a concern for Megatron, however, as by this time Starscream and his allies were seemingly destroyed on Gigantion, and Megatron (now calling himself "Galvatron" again) had the Omega Lock and all four Keys. What few Decepticons remained loyal to him were too stupid to see what Galvatron had planned, and made perfect distractions as he set his final plan in motion. If they weren't strong enough to survive the coming cataclysm, then so be it. The New Decepticon Army Ultimately, Galvatron's plan failed, and the Unicron Singularity was sealed. His remaining Decepticons quickly left him, realizing what was likely to have happened to them, and eventually joined the Autobots. After Galvatron's seemingly-final defeat and death in a one-on-one duel with Optimus Prime on Cybertron 's moon, the Decepticons, not knowing when to quit, rose again, albeit in a rather pathetic fashion.

Having cobbled together a rather rickety rocket, Ransack , Crumplezone and Thunderblast shanghaied the reluctant Thundercracker , who was really keen on being on the winning side for once, and flew off to parts unknown as the New Decepticon "Army". They made it to Mars before the rocket crash-landed. Meanwhile, the Autobot Wing Saber reported form a deep-space recon mission that he thought he had picked up traces of Starscream, seemingly backed up by Sideways and Soundwave . Landmine and the former Decepticon Mudflap raced off to join Wing Saber and investigate... Comics continuity Armada Founded by Megatron, the exact number of the original Decepticons is unknown. Using the Mini-Cons as weapons, they were able to conquer Cybertron and force the Autobots underground. Eventually they were beaten due to the arrival of Unicron: his heralds slaughtered the entire Decepticon base on Cybertron, and the Chaos-Bringer's arrival forced them to join forces with the Autobots. With Megatron shot dead during the Unicron battle, the peace held for a period of years.

Transformers (2007) movie The Decepticons are the Transformers who sided with Lord High Protector Megatron and attempted to seize the All Spark . Their forces ranged from the treacherous , the fanatical , the violent , and the spastic , to the treacherously fanatically violent spazzes . The Decepticons overwhelmed the valiant yet peaceful Autobots, and Optimus Prime made the desperate decision to launch the All Spark into deep space. Megatron obsessively followed after it, and disappeared. Starscream took over leadership, and began a search for Megatron and the All Spark. After a while, Starscream began to focus more on the All Spark, hoping Megatron would remain lost, something the other Decepticons began to suspect. It was later revealed that The Fallen manipulated Megatron into forming the Decepticons. The Decepticons are, in general, less human in appearance than the Autobots in the movie, resembling carnivorous mammals , birds, turtles, insects, corkscrews , a cyclops or the Decepticon insignia itself .

The comics show that the Decepticons are overstretched on Cybertron: they use drone units to bolster their forces and many of their outposts are mostly automated . In a departure from previous Transformers incarnations, Japan used the name "Decepticons" for this franchise, rather than "Destrons". [2] What is also most noticeable about the Decepticons in the movie franchise is that they've actually been designed to resemble the insignia of their faction, most notably The Fallen, Megatron, Blackout, Soundwave, and Barricade. Transformers Animated 4 million stellar cycles ago, the Autobots and Decepticons battled each other in what is now known as The Great War. The Autobots pulled a victory after sending the AllSpark into deep space. Defeated, the Decepticons dispersed, and according to Ultra Magnus , the only sight of them would be an occasional scout ship. In fact, they had been missing for so long, Optimus Prime believed a Decepticon presence was a thing of the past. This was quickly reassessed upon encountering Megatron's crew.

The Decepticons in Transformers: Animated are planned to be fought by the Autobots a lot less at than in previous continuities during the first half of the series, instead staying mostly in the background, thus making it more momentous whenever they do appear. To go with this plan, the Decepticons are, for the most part, stronger (and bigger) than the Autobots in this series. One Decepticon is generally depicted as being stronger than a group of Autobots, with few exceptions . In fact, after the AllSpark was destroyed it's mentioned that the only advantage that Autobots had over the Decepticons were their exclusive access to space bridges (which, according to Megatron at least, is one of two things that led to Decepticons' defeat, the other being the AllSpark). Megatron, Lugnut, Blitzwing, Sunstorm, Ramjet and Shockwave were all defeated and brought back to Cybertron. Starscream died. Team Chaar, Laserbeak, and the rest of the Starscream clones are still at large. Swindle escaped somewhere into space. Shattered Glass Decepticons wage their battles to destroy ...

The Decepticons are a resistance group, intended to overthrow Autobot tyranny and their dastardly leader, Optimus Prime . Led by the heroic Megatron , the 'Cons want to liberate Cybertron and preserve freedom and life across the galaxy, no matter the cost . Prime The Decepticons in Transformers: Prime fought the Autobots on Cybertron until everyone died, or at least only the characters that were never mentioned or seen in the show. There are hardly any Autobots to be found against several Decepticons. Most Decepticons are Eradicons , which have the same design. Only a few different Decepticons are seen, which are Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Skyquake, Knockout, Breakdown, Airachnid, Makeshift, Laserbeak, and Dreadwing. The leader Megatron can be extremely strict, so is Starscream. Megatron will just beat up Starscream for failure and wasting opportunities for success by poor choices. Starscream, when he was a leader, scratched Knockout painfully with his claw as cosmetic punishment, and he enjoyed doing this. An Eradicon who was just talking when Starscream wanted everyone to shut up got slapped before.

When Megatron got angry at Starscream for trying to leave him dead in space, Starscream got badly beaten up and needed to get medical treatment afterwards. Knockout is the medical officer. Sometimes they beat up themselves harder than the Autobots. Notes Decepticons | Article about Decepticons by The Free Dictionary Decepticons | Article about Decepticons by The Free Dictionary Decepticons (pop culture) The Transformers-Decepticons toy line and resulting media franchise represents one of the first successful examples of Japanese superheroes and supervillains adopted for an American audience. Transformers are intelligent robots (or large humanoids) with the capability to transform themselves, usually into inanimate objects (such as a fighter jet, car, or tank) or animals. The premise of the franchise relies on the age-old struggle between good and evil, with two main factions warring for control of their home planet, Cybertron. The heroic Autobots (called Cybertrons in the Japanese version) are led by Optimus Prime, and their opponents, the militaristic and brutal Decepticons (Destrons in the Japanese version), are led by Megatron.

Megatron was responsible for beginning the Cybertronian Civil War, in which he exterminated Autobots by the millions and earned his claim to fame as the galaxy's most ruthless leader. Other potential world dominators have tried to usurp Megatron's power, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing, Shockwave, and Galvatron, a Decepticon created from Megatron himself. Hasbro began the toy line in 1984, which combined the Japanese toy company Takara's successful Diaclone and Micro Change toylines into a new brand for U.S. consumers. The basic backstory of the toy line and subsequent comic books and cartoons were developed by Marvel Comics writers Jim Shooter and Dennis O'Neil. Marvel published several series during the 1980s, even producing a four-issue miniseries, G.I. Joe and the Transformers in 1986, followed by later releases from the company in the 1990s. The animated TV series Transformers (1984–1987), created to support the toy franchise, focused on battle after battle as the domineering Decepticons attempted to destroy peace within the galaxy.

Subsequent spin-offs, such as Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999), Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001), and Transformers: Cybertron (2005) continued into the 1990s and 2000s. Capitalizing on these shows' high-action content and popularity, the now-defunct Dreamwave Studios published several Transformers comics between 2002 and 2004. A live-action Transformers movie boasts Dream- Works producer Steven Spielberg at the helm. With no less than four writers involved in the project at various points, fans eagerly await leaks regarding the film's development. In mid-2005 writer Alex Kurtzman acknowledged the challenge of developing a the storyline: “It's a movie franchise based on a toy line, so the first question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Well, what's the movie?'” In anticipation of the success of the film, IDW Publishing began publishing its line of Transformers comics in October 2005, led by the creative team of comics scribe Simon Furman and artist E. J. Su.

Transformers (television series) Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Transformers (television series) Transformers is the name of an animated television series that began airing on 1984 . It was created to tie in with a line of toys produced by Hasbro . A "Transformer" is a large humanoid (although not all are humanoid and not all are huge) robot that is able to reconfigure itself into the form of a more common and innocuous machine, such as a car or an airplane. The tagline "More than meets the eye" reflected this ability for disguise. Transformers originally featured two main factions of "transformers" warring for control of their home planet, Cybertron. The noble Autobots were led by Optimus Prime, and the evil Decepticons were led by Megatron. The Transformers series also spawned a comic book series, as well as a feature-length movie, Transformers: The Movie . The original series was followed by a number of spin-offs with varying levels of popularity. Floro Dery was responsible for the look and feel of the Transformers cartoon series and was the visual creator of the Transformers: the Movie.

He interpreted the toy box art and created the models that would become the visual guidelines both for the comics book and the animated cartoon. Table of contents A list of the Transformers TV series American Transformers ( 1984 - 1987 ) (98 episodes) Beast Wars: Transformers ( 1996 - 1999 ) (52 episodes) Beast Machines: Transformers ( 1999 ) (26 episodes) Japanese Beast Wars Second: Chô seimeitai Transformer ( 1998 ) Chô seimeitai Transformer: Beast Wars Neo ( 1999 ) Transformers: Beast Wars Metals ( 1999 ) Transformers: Car Robot ( 2000 ) (39 episodes) (English language version: Transformers: Robots in Disguise) In the original U.S. television series (known as "Generation One" or "G1", Prime transformed into a semi-trailer . His friends included Jazz, Ironhide, and Bumblebee. His enemy was Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons.

In Transformers: The Movie , Prime was killed due to injuries sustained in a battle with Megatron, and leadership of the Autobots fell to Hot Rod, who was transformed by the leadership matrix into Rodimus Prime. Toward the end of the television series (the final season of which was set after the movie), Prime was resurrected through the offices of the Quintessons and resumed leadership of the Autobots. In subsequent editions of the Transformers toy line, it has become tradition to name the leader of the Autobots (or good-guy equivalent) Optimus Prime or a similar name such as Optimus Primal. The same naming tradition also extends to the Decepticon leader, Megatron. (Megatron, interestingly, often undergoes a resurrection after his inevitable death in the accompanying cartoon television series into Galvatron, with accompanying toy.) In March 2003, a man from Ohio in the United States , legally changed his name to Optimus Prime. See Optimus Prime for more information. Decepticons The Decepticons are led by the cunning and mighty Megatron, who is obsessed to a fault with power and domination.

Their role in the original television series begins four million years ago on the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron. Ravaged from the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Cybertron was almost completely drained of its energy resources. Neither side had enough energy reserves to continue the battle, which led to a stalemate. The Autobots, with their leader Optimus Prime, leave their home planet to seek new sources of energy. The Decepticons pursued them and boarded the Autobot starship (the Ark). During the ensuing fight they crash-landed into a volcano on prehistoric Earth. Awakened in 1984 when when the volcano erupts, the Decepticons are repaired by the ship's computer and flee, leaving the still-deactivated Autobots behind. Megatron soon discovers that Earth has nearly limitless energy resources. Hoping to tip the war's balance in favor of the Decepticons, Megatron plans to transfer Earth's energy to Cybertron even if it means ruining the Earth in the process. Unfortunately, the Decepticons made a fatal mistake by leaving the Autobots behind. Just after the Decepticons were awakened, the Autobots were still deactivated and among them on the Ark.

In a twist of fate, the Decepticons failed to terminate them when they had the chance. Upon fleeing, the Decepticons blasted the rocks around the ship to seal the entrance. The jolt moves an Autobot into the Ark's repair beam. The remaining Autobots are subsequently revived and rise up to become the protectors of life on Earth and the Decepticons' nemesis. Cyclonus Energon (toyline) | Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Following up on the highly successful Armada, the Energon toyline carried over a number of characters in new forms, and added many newcomers as well. Contents Overview Energon Hot Shot, a Deluxe Autobot. The Energon line is dominated by the concept of combination, which pops up in numerous forms. Virtually every smaller toy came with an "Energon weapon", a clear-colored assortment of accessories, which could peg into one another to form larger weapons. The Combat and Mega Autobots can combine with one another in pairs (top and bottom, a source of endless jokes in the fandom), while the Command class combines with a vehicular accessory to form a larger "brute" mode .

The line's first Mini-Cons were two teams that could combine. And three combiner teams in the spirit of the Scramble City gestalts dominated the line's later waves. The Energon weapons formed another of the line's main concepts, as the battle for control of Energon dominated the cartoon storyline. The clear Energon weapons feature standardized 5mm pegs that all but a few figures can hold, and the weapons could be pegged together in almost infinite combinations. Cruellock, a Terrorcon. A third concept was the Hyper-mode of the Decepticons, basically a series of flip- or fold-out weapons that could be deployed without the addition of Mini-Cons. The line introduced two new ostensible factions, the Omnicons and Terrorcons, though in practice these were more subgroups of the Autobots and Decepticons, respectively. They filled the smallest price point left vacant by the Mini-Con 3-packs of Armada. Nearly all alternate modes are futuristic vehicles or robotic animals. Robot modes are angular and mechanical-looking, continuing the G1-esque look started by Armada but refining it.

Articulation rose almost to pre-Armada levels, and the complexity required by some of the combining gimmicks brought forth ingenious and complex designs, though sometimes at the expense of the overall appearance of the toy. Initial waves of Energon included three redecos of Armada toys as new characters: Sideways as Rapid Run, Scavenger as Treadbolt, and Overload as Ultra Magnus. These toys were meant to "bulk up" the early line and did not ship long, making them -- particularly Ultra Magnus -- difficult to find at US retail. As in the later Beast era, all new-mold figures have spark crystals to display their allegiance. As in Armada, most have at least a few Mini-Con hardpoints. Two Mini-Con teams were part of the line, with Hasbro stating that the runaway success of the Mini-Cons in Armada caught them by surprise, and that more would be forthcoming in future lines . The line was notable for the fact stores MASSIVELY overordered initial waves of the line, leading to massive shelfwarming for the first two waves.

The situation was so severe, Hasbro removed much of the older product from stores' inventory to get the Powerlinx Battles subline to shelves in time for the 2004 holiday season. Much of this early stock would reappear on store shelves in "buy one get one" bonus buys in VERY large numbers. Autobots Energon Class Omnicons The Basic-sized Omnicons and Terrorcons come with clear Energon weapons and 'Energon Chips' or 'Energon Stars' that can be attached over their spark crystals. Chips and weapons are red and pink for Omnicons and green and yellow for Terrorcons. Autobot - Superhero Wiki Encyclopedia Autobot A "Tribute to Optimus Prime" Autobot insignia Autobots movie logo The Autobots, a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron, are the main protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers , a collection of various toys, graphic novels, paperback books, cartoons and movies first introduced in 1984. In all Transformer stories, the "Heroic Autobots" are opposed by the "Evil Decepticons "—the main antagonists in Transformers.

Both Autobots and Decepticons are humanoid robots that can transform into machines, vehicles and other familiar mechanical objects. Autobots often turn into civilian vehicles but some are aircraft and military vehicles. The primary protagonist and commander of the Autobots is usually Optimus Prime . Contents 7 Notes History/origin In all Transformers stories, the Autobots and their adversaries, the Decepticons , originated on the planet Cybertron. The planet is almost always depicted as a purely metallic body.Marvel US issue #1, page 1, panel 2: "No rock or soil or sand contributed to its bizarre geography." "Its content was entirely mechanical." The capital of Cybertron is Iacon. In later issues of the Marvel comic line, Cybertron is shown to have weather, such as rain.Marvel US issue #76, page 9-19 Hasbro toys Hasbro launched the Transformers toy line with eighteen different Autobot characters, all of whom transformed into automobiles, while the ten distinct Decepticons (seven packages as three came two to a box/pack) were weapons, aircraft and communications equipment. Many of the Transformers were based on Takara designs.

Marvel comics Both Autobots and Decepticons were created by Primus , the Transformer god, who became the planet Cybertron. In most continuities this is still the case. Though Marvel's original series gave no purpose other than benevolent self-image creation for Transformers, some continuities add/modify that the Transformers were created to defend the universe (or simply Primus himself) from Unicron , who in the original Marvel comic was the evil brother of Primus. Television cartoon/movie In the original U.S. cartoon line, Autobots were the descendants of a line of robots created as consumer goods by the Quintessons on the planet Cybertron . Their bodies were forged by the Plasma Energy Chamber and given intelligence by the mega-computer Vector Sigma in order for the work to be carried out. Eventually, they developed sentience and rebelled against their creators. However, A-3, the resistance leader was displaced from time by Quintessons from the future in order to stop the insurgency. The resistance had help from future Autobots (whose transformation technology frightened them) and A-3 returned to turn the tide by activating his coda-remote which deactivated the Quintessons' Dark Guardian robots.

With the Quintessons cast off and forgotten, Cybertron was at peace. The consumer goods and military hardware bots renamed themselves as Autobots and Decepticons. However, the Decepticons wanted war. No match for the superior firepower and battle prowess of the Decepticons , the Autobots developed transformation technology (possibly with the help of the Dark Guardians) to win the war, bringing about the Golden Age of Cybertron. Eventually, the Decepticons also developed transformation and begun the third Cybertronian War. They would have succeeded in completing their conquest had not more time-displaced Autobots blown up an energy warehouse and brought its workers to A-3, now renamed Alpha Trion, as the new defenders of Cybertron. For five million years, the Cybertronians warred over the remaining energy that was left. With this crisis, the Autobots, headed by Optimus Prime, made an expedition to find new energy sources. But the Decepticons intercepted them, causing the Autobot ship Ark to crash-land on Earth. Four million years later in 1984, the volcano that the Ark was wedged in erupted, jarring the Ark's main computer Teletraan I back online.

Through use of Spy Satellites, Teletraan created new alternate forms for the Transformers out of earth vehicles(Like F-15 Eagles for Skywarp and a Semi-trailer truck for Optimus Prime ). The Decepticons were revived first and then the Autobots due to Starscream's carelessness. The Autobots made an alliance with the local humans, thus beginning the Great War. After waging the war for 21 years, the Autobots created Autobot City as their main base of operations while the Decepticons got complete control of Cybertron. In 2005, the Decepticons launched an attack on the city, resulting in the death of Optimus Prime. Optimus managed to pass the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before his passing. The city then received messages from the bases on Cybertron's moons being devoured by the transformer demi-god Unicron . After another Decepticon attack, the Autobots were scattered to two planets, Junk and Quintessa. Forming new allies on those planets, the Autobots headed for Cybertron.

A young Autobot named Hot Rod used the recovered Matrix of Leadership from Galvatron (formerly Megatron) to destroy Unicron and became Rodimus Prime. With the Decepticons in disarray, the Autobots reclaimed Cybertron, bringing about a new age of peace and prosperity. In 2006, the Great War still raged. But both sides rediscovered the existence of the Quintessons. After numerous battles, the Hate Plague was unleashed. Rodimus ordered the uninfected Autobots to search for a Quintesson to revive Optimus Prime. An uninfected Quintesson was found and forced to restore Optimus Prime to life. Optimus would then recover the Matrix by defeating an infected Rodimus Prime, and cure the galaxy of the plague. After one year of peace, Galvatron gained access to the Plasma Energy Chamber. He planned to move Cybertron to Earth and use the Chamber's energies to overload the sun. However, all this was planned by Vector Sigma who wanted to restore Cybertron's Golden Age. Thanks to Spike Witwicky and the allied-Nebulons, Cybertron regained its golden hue.

Optimus knew that there will always be Decepticons and the Autobots will always stop them. On the cartoon, a majority of the Autobots had a blue eye color, while most of the Decepticons had a red eye color. Post-'80s comics Each of the various later Transformers comic incarnations had differing origin stories, generally based on fictions provided in the 1980s comic and cartoon series. Post-'80s cartoons Each of the various later Transformers cartoon incarnations had differing origin stories, generally based on fictions provided in the 1984 cartoon (and occasionally comic) series. 2007 live-action movie In the live-action film " Transformers ", the Autobots arrived on Earth to find the AllSpark in an effort to restore a destroyed Cybertron . The beginning of the movie, narrated by Optimus Prime , indicates that all life on Cybertron came from a "cube." In the beginning, Optimus Prime and Megatron ruled Cybertron together. However, Megatron soon began to desire the power of the AllSpark . To counter Megatron, Optimus formed the Autobots, a militia of civilian Transformers sworn to protect the AllSpark.

Throughout the evolution of the Transformers, wars brought on the demise of their planet. Although the Autobots initially make a poor first impression with the authorities, the US government is eventually convinced by Sam Witwicky of their benevolent nature and cooperate to help them in the battle to keep the AllSpark from the Decepticons . During the battle, all the Decepticons are destroyed, except for Starscream, but the Autobots lose one of their members, Jazz. Optimus Prime decides to make Earth their new home. The word "Autobot", according to Optimus Prime, is an abbreviation ("for short") of the phrase Autonomous robotic organisms. Prime See Prime (Transformers) The Prime title is a direct linguistic descendant of Primus. It identifies the one Autobot Commander that is entrusted with the Creation Matrix , also known as the Autobot Matrix of Leadership . The Matrix is said to choose its own holder and when it is taken by a new leader (at the old leader's death), it transforms him into a larger, more powerful, wiser Autobot commander. Holders of the Matrix become one with the Matrix, such that when the holder dies, his Spark — the Transformer life force — is absorbed into the Matrix.

Holders of the Matrix, from the beginning of time (as per the Marvel continuity), are: For a brief time, the Decepticon Thunderwing held the matrix, but when Optimus Prime reclaimed it, Thunderwing's presence was purged from the Matrix. Autobot leaders In most continuities the Autobot commander is Optimus Prime . Hasbro toys Optimus Prime was among the first Transformers released from Hasbro in 1984. The character listing/mini-poster that came inside Transformer packaging identified him as "Autobot Commander," as contrasted with Megatron's title of "Decepticon Leader." Marvel US comics Optimus Prime first appeared in issue #1 of Marvel's 4-issue limited series (which was extended into the main series). He led a large team of Autobots on a space mission to clear asteroids that threatened to destroy Cybertron. The initial pages did not indicate that Optimus was the mightiest or highest-ranking of the Autobots, but that series solidly established Prime as a capable leader and clearly the commander of the Autobot team that went out to clear the asteroids. Through the comic's 80-issue run, Optimus Prime would be killed off and resurrected several times.

During his absences, other Autobot officers took on the mantle of leadership within the Earth-bound Autobots. They included Prowl , Grimlock , Fortress Maximus , and others. In a future timeline (one that, per events in the "present," can no longer come to pass) the Autobots are commanded by Rodimus Prime . Marvel UK comics The UK office of Marvel published comics much more often, usually weekly compared to monthly for the US comic. To accomplish this, the UK comics had additional storylines that were never included in US continuity (and are debated as to their canon-authenticity). In the UK series, much more is learned about Autobot commander Rodimus Prime, whereas in the US continuity, he is only briefly seen, most probably dead, as a prisoner of Galvatron. Television cartoon/movie In the animated television series, Optimus Prime was commander of the Autobots until his death in the opening minutes of the Transformers movie, where he passes on command to Ultra Magnus .

Ultimately, Hot Rod is reformatted into Rodimus Prime by the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and takes command of the Autobots (in the closing minutes of the movie), leading them in the continuing television series until the resurrection of Optimus, who reassumes command. Post-'80s comics Transformers were brought back to life through later comic and television runs. Commanders of the Autobots in these retellings, reimaginings, prequels and continuations included: Sentinel Prime – The Autobots commander immediately prior to Optimus Prime. Optimus Primal When Optimus Prime was seriously injured (almost fatally) by Megatron in Season 3 of Beast Wars, Optimus Primal took charge of Optimus Prime's spark. The exposure of Optimus Primal's body to Optimus Prime's spark caused him to be reformated into Optimal Optimus . For the brief period Optimal Optimus carried Prime's spark, he seemed to be possessed by Optimus Prime, with a slightly noticeable change in voice and demeanor. Ultra Magnus – Commander of the Cybertron-based Autobots in the Dreamwave comics, volume II.

Also vice-commander of the Autobot forces in the original television series' third season (and Transformers: Headmasters ). Post-'80s cartoons Similarly, a resurgence of interest in the Transformers also brought about many new cartoons; among the Autobot commanders in these were: Dai Atlas 2007 live-action movie In the 2007 Transformers Movie , Optimus Prime is the Autobot commander. His appearance is different from his original form, although he is still recognizable to many fans. In the movie his team of Autobots on Earth consists of only four others: Bumblebee , Ratchet , Ironhide and Jazz . Variations The Autobots were called "Cybertrons" in Japan and "Autorobots" in Italy. The Maximals from Transformers: Beast Wars are also known as Cybertrons in Japan, but in the US they are called Maximals and are descendants of the Autobots. The Autobot symbol is also referred to as an "Autobrand" in issue #14 of the Marvel comics series. Autobots | Transformers pedia Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Both Autobots and Decepticons were created by Primus .

In most continuities this is still the case. Though Marvel's original series gave no purpose other than benevolent self-image creation for Transformers, some continuities add/modify that the Transformers were created to defend the universe. Edit In the original U.S. cartoon line, Autobots were the descendants of a line of robots created as consumer goods by the Quintessons on the planet Cybertron . Their bodies were forged by the Plasma Energy Chamber and given intelligence by the mega-computer Vector Sigma in order for the work to be carried out. Eventually, they developed sentience and rebelled against their creators. However, A-3, the resistance leader was displaced from time by Quintessons from the future in order to stop the insurgency. The resistance had help from future Autobots (whose transformation technology frightened them) and A-3 returned to turn the tide by activating his coda-remote which deactivated the Quintessons' Dark Guardian Robots . With the Quintessons cast off and forgotten, Cybertron was at peace. The consumer goods and military hardware bots renamed themselves as Autobots and Decepticons. However, the Decepticons wanted war.

No match for the superior firepower and battle prowess of the Decepticons , the Autobots developed transformation technology (possibly with the help of the Dark Guardians) to win the war, bringing about the Golden Age of Cybertron. Eventually, the Decepticons also developed transformation and began the third Cybertronian War. They would have succeeded in completing their conquest had not more time-displaced Autobots blown up an energy warehouse and brought its workers to A-3, now renamed Alpha Trion , as the new defenders of Cybertron. For five million years, the Cybertronians warred over the remaining energy that was left. With this crisis, the Autobots, headed by Optimus Prime, made an expedition to find new energy sources. But the Decepticons intercepted them, causing the Autobot ship Ark to crash-land on Earth.(During the next four million years the Beast Wars Occur on Earth. Four million years later in 1984, the volcano that the Ark was wedged in erupted, jarring the Ark's main computer Teletraan I back online.

Through use of Spy Satellites, Teletraan created new alternate forms for the Transformers out of earth vehicles (Like F-15 Eagles for Starscream and a Semi-trailer truck for Optimus Prime ). The Decepticons were revived first and then the Autobots due to Starscream 's carelessness. The Autobots made an alliance with the local humans, thus beginning the Great War. After waging the war for 21 years, the Autobots created Autobot City as their main base of operations while the Decepticons got complete control of Cybertron. In 2005, the Decepticons launched an attack on the city, resulting in the death of Optimus Prime. Optimus managed to pass the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before his passing. The city then received messages from the bases on Cybertron's moons being devoured by the transformer demi-god Unicron . After another Decepticon attack, the Autobots were scattered to two planets, Junk and Quintessa. Forming new allies on those planets, the Autobots headed for Cybertron.

A young Autobot named Hot Rod used the recovered Matrix of Leadership from Galvatron (formerly Megatron ) to destroy Unicron and became Rodimus Prime . With the Decepticons in disarray, the Autobots reclaimed Cybertron, bringing about a new age of peace and prosperity. In 2006, the Great War still raged. But both sides rediscovered the existence of the Quintessons. After numerous battles, the Hate Plague was unleashed. Rodimus ordered the uninfected Autobots to search for a Quintesson to revive Optimus Prime. An uninfected Quintesson was found and forced to restore Optimus Prime to life. Optimus would then recover the Matrix by defeating an infected Rodimus Prime, and cure the galaxy of the plague. After one year of peace, Galvatron gained access to the Plasma Energy Chamber. He planned to move Cybertron to Earth and use the Chamber's energies to overload the sun. However, all this was planned by Vector Sigma who wanted to restore Cybertron's Golden Age. Thanks to Spike Witwicky and the allied-Nebulons, Cybertron regained its golden hue.

Optimus knew that there will always be Decepticons and the Autobots will always stop them. On the cartoon, a majority of the Autobots had a blue eye color, while most of the Decepticons had a red eye color. Edit Each of the various later Transformers cartoon incarnations had differing origin stories, generally based on fictions provided in the 1984 cartoon (and occasionally comic) series. The one exception was Beast Wars , by which time most Autobots had been retrofitted into Maximals. This CG series and its sequel Beast Machines used the G1 cartoon as a historical base. [ edit ]2007 live-action movie Edit In the live-action film " Transformers ", the Autobots arrived on Earth to find the All Spark in an effort to restore a destroyed Cybertron . The beginning of the movie, narrated by Optimus Prime , indicates that all life on Cybertron came from "The Cube." In the beginning, Optimus Prime and Megatron ruled Cybertron together. However, Megatron soon began to desire the power of the AllSpark. To counter Megatron, Optimus formed the Autobots, a militia of civilian Transformers sworn to protect the AllSpark.

Throughout the evolution of the Transformers, wars brought on the demise of their planet. Although the Autobots initially make a poor first impression with the authorities, the US government is eventually convinced by Sam Witwicky that they are allies against the true threat of the Decepticons and cooperate to help them in the battle to keep the AllSpark away from the enemy. During the battle, all the Decepticons are destroyed, except for Starscream , Barricade and Scorponok , but the Autobots lose one of their members, Jazz . Optimus Prime decides to make Earth their new home. The word "Autobot", according to Ratchet, is an abbreviation of the phrase Autonomous robotic organisms, making it seem like Autobot is likely the Transformers species name in this continuity (the irony being that the term robot is derived from the Czech word "robota" for 'work' and thus expresses the opposite of autonomy). [ edit ]Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Edit In this sequel live-action film, the surviving Autobots from the previous film, as well as newer arrivals, serve as part of a top secret joint USA-UK military strike force codenamed NEST, which is dedicated to hunting and destroying Decepticons around the world.

In this organization, Major William Lennox and Optimus Prime share field command of the human military personnel and the Autobot members respectively. The only exception to this assignment is Bumblebee who stays with the Witwickys as their bodyguard. Although NEST has a productive history dealing with the Decepticons, a successful mission in Shanghai , which caused excessive collateral damage, drew criticism from the team's government superior American National Security Advisor Galloway. He further suggests that since the primary Decepticon goal, gaining the remaining portions of the All Spark , is likely out of reach, the Autobots should leave the planet to draw their war with their enemy away. This conclusion is completely discredited when the Decepticons reappear in force to both steal that item and successfully revive Megatron . Furthermore, their execution of their superior's ( the Fallen ) plan to destroy the Sun reveals that numerous Decepticons are present on Earth , which more than justifies the Autobots' participation in National Defense affairs, especially since the enemy leaders, Megatron and Starscream , escape upon their plan's defeat. According to related materials, Bumblebee remains responsible for the Witwickys' security.

Arcee , a Ducati motorcycle, amongst other Autobots make their live-action debut. Edit Main article: Prime (Transformers) The Prime title is a direct linguistic descendant of Primus. It identifies the one Autobot Commander that is entrusted with the Creation Matrix , also known as the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The Matrix is said to choose its own holder and when it is taken by a new leader (at the old leader's death), it transforms him into a larger, more powerful, wiser Autobot commander. Holders of the Matrix become one with the Matrix, such that when the holder dies, his Spark — the Transformer life-force — is absorbed into the Matrix. Holders of the Matrix, from the beginning of time (as per the Marvel continuity), [3 ] are: Optimus Prime was among the first Transformers released from Hasbro in 1984. The character listing/mini-poster that came inside Transformer packaging identified him as "Autobot Commander," as contrasted with Megatron 's title of "Decepticon Leader." [ edit ]Marvel US comics Edit Optimus Prime first appeared in issue #1 of Marvel's 4-issue limited series (which was extended into the main series).

He led a large team of Autobots on a space mission to clear asteroids that threatened to destroy Cybertron. The initial pages did not indicate that Optimus was the mightiest or highest-ranking of the Autobots, but that series solidly established Prime as a capable leader and clearly the commander of the Autobot team that went out to clear the asteroids. Through the comic's 80-issue run, Optimus Prime would be killed off and resurrected several times. During his absences, other Autobot officers took on the mantle of leadership within the Earth-bound Autobots. They included Prowl , Grimlock , Fortress Maximus , and others. In a future timeline (one that, per events in the "present," can no longer come to pass), the Autobots are commanded by Rodimus Prime . [ edit ]Marvel UK comics Edit The UK office of Marvel published comics much more often, usually weekly compared to monthly for the US comic. To accomplish this, the UK comics had additional storylines that were never included in US continuity (and are debated as to their canon-authenticity).

In the UK series, much more is learned about Autobot commander Rodimus Prime, whereas in the US continuity, he is only briefly seen, most probably dead, as a prisoner of Galvatron. Edit In the animated television series, Optimus Prime was commander of the Autobots until his death in the opening minutes of Transformers: The Movie, where he passes on command to Ultra Magnus . Ultimately, Hot Rod is reformatted into Rodimus Prime by the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and takes command of the Autobots (in the closing minutes of the movie), leading them in the continuing television series until the resurrection of Optimus, who reassumes command. [1] This section requires expansion . Not much has been revealed about the Autobots in the new Animated continuity so far. What is known is that they were in a war with the Decepticons prior to the series and won, but according to Ratchet, they only won because of three things: the Autobot-exclusive space bridge technology, Project Omega, and by sending the AllSpark into space to keep the Decepticons from getting it.

This isn't the first continuity where the war with Decepticons was already over , but it is the first where Optimus Prime isn't the Autobot leader. Instead, he just commands a space bridge repair crew. Ultra Magnus is the Autobot Supreme Commander . Also, a single Autobot is typically considerably weaker than a single Decepticon. In fact, a team of Autobots is often weaker than a single Decepticon, to the point that a single Decepticon can trash the Autobots several times over, and even win, in some episodes. Unlike other continuities, the Autobots here aren't 100% good, and are slightly oppressive : Wasp shew to be very arrogant, and Sentinel Prime was portrayed as hating organic in a way almost as bad as Decepticons. [ edit ]Transformers Shattered Glass Edit In Shattered Glass the Autobots are evil and want total domination. They seek to destroy the peace loving Decepticons and also plan to build the Ark to take over Earth. The Decepticon Megatron was the first to develop the ability to Transform, but it did not take long for Prime to get that technology and give it to his troops.

Optronix was once a librarian that wanted power and knowledge. He betrayed others and cheated his way up the ranks to form the war loving Autobots. Edit The Autobots were called "Cybertrons" in Japan and "Autorobots" in Italy. The Maximals from Transformers: Beast Wars are also known as Cybertrons in Japan, but in North America they are called Maximals and are descendants of the Autobots. The Autobot symbol is also referred to as an "Autobrand" in issue #14 of the Marvel Comics series. Super eggs with Transformers, nymphs and dinosaurs | Optimus Prime, Decepticons and Autobots - YouTube Super eggs with Transformers, nymphs and dinosaurs | Optimus Prime, Decepticons and Autobots Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Aug 3, 2016 Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers toy line.

It is the first installment of the live-action Transformers film series. It stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, a teenager who gets caught up in a war between the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two factions of alien robots who can disguise themselves by transforming into everyday machinery, primarily vehicles. The Autobots intend to use the AllSpark, the object that created their robotic race, in an attempt to rebuild Cybertron and end the war while the Decepticons desire control of the AllSpark with the intention of using it to build an army by giving life to the machines of Earth. Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, John Turturro, and Jon Voight also star while voice actors Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving voice Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively. Category

Question: The ‘Autobots’ and the ‘Decepticons’ are the main factions of which toy line?
Answer: Transformers